[pct-l] The Good Old Days of backpacking

[Reinhold Metzger]

Yes Switchback,
At 130 years between the two of us, we must be the most experienced 
backpackers on the list.
I mean we started backpacking many years ago, before the current crop 
was even born.
I mean we started backpacking when backpackers were real mountain men.
I mean we never heard of Pepsi stoves, Fleece, Gortex, or Top Raman noodles.
Burlap underwear and 65 lb packs were the norm those days.
Grizzlies and Saber Tooth Tigers roamed freely on the PCT and we 
survived by frying Grizzlies and Saber Tooth Tigers on an open fire.
Yes, those were the...''GOOD OLD  DAYS''....when mountain men were 
mountain men and Grizzlies & Saber Tooth Tigers  were nervous.

Cough...cough...cough......OXYGEN!!!.....KAREN!!!.....I NEED 
OXYGEN!!!....cough...cough...cough...

It's all your fault Switchback,...you get me all exited and cause me to 
get an asthma attack.
I have had enough excitement for a while and will now retread back into 
my usual lurker mode.

JMT Reinhold...the lurker.
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